And there is still no love for Marcus Wright at the Times Square TRU...

Been back from NYC and MoCCA for a couple of days now. Just now getting around to blogging about it.


The flight in Thursday was uneventful, although both JIT and myself arrived at almost the same time from two separate locations. Cabbed it to the Ramada Inn. Met up with Todd and Ede and then had dinner at Hill Country. The food was okay-to-decent, although I wouldn't value the ribs at $11.50 (although I think a certain K9 would disagree). Wrapped up by swinging by Forbidden Planet and got some comics.



Friday looked a little like the first part of the Day After Tomorrow. Rain, rain and more rain. Glad I picked up a cheap umbrella. Went to the Times Square TRU. Someone over at Playmates Toys is got to be sweating by now by the looks of the TONS of Terminator Salvation toys warming pegs. Terminator AIN'T for kids. Checked in at MoCCA HQ. Was missing a few letters on our badges (among other things). Had tacos at a place across the street from Toy Tokyo, Had a late lunch at a noodle house in Chinatown. Good food all around. Capped the evening off by catching a damn good show at the Slipper Room. Yes, I'm in love with Ms. Saturn. How could you not be? And then almost was accosted by some LI thugs Jimmy's BBQ near the hotel.

Saturday's weather was much nicer. After only a few hours of sleep (damn you STELLA), it was off to the show. Oh, the calamity! Not only were books late to getting to the show, but then the organizers decided to push back the opening of the show. I didn't hear any grumbling from the attendees (and bless you all for waiting an extra hour to get in), but it was probably not the best of ideas. Who knows. Met some nice folks. Had lunch at the California Pizza Kitchen. That night for dinner we ate at Vatan.






Sunday was better (and hotter) than Saturday. Sold more books. Met more interesting and nice people. Felt like there was more traffic. After a busy afternoon, the show came to a close. Spent the night having dinner at a Mexican Restaurant on the Lower East side and then a few beers at The Back Room. Thanks, Tim, for the hospitality.


All in all it was another great weekend in the Big City. Glad to be back home in Iowa. Thanks to Todd, Ede, the fine folks at the Slipper Room, all of the people that came to the show. I'm sure I'm forgetting someone or something. Maybe I'll get it done next year.